On 24 June 1957 the 1st Special Forces Group was activated on Okinawa, bei history.army.mil (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
On 21 September 1961 the 5th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces, which would eventually be charged with the conduct of all Special Forces operations in Vietnam, was activated at Fort Bragg bei history.army.mil (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
bits.de
Joint Publication 3–05.5: „Special Operations Targeting and Mission Planning Procedures“, 1993, PDF (englisch)
Chapter 3: US ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES. In: SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES Reference Manual. Army Command and General Staff College, abgerufen am 27. April 2015 (englisch, Version 2.1 Academic Year 99/00).
Handbücher über Einsatzdoktrinen: FM 3-05: Army Special Operations Forces, US Department of the Army, September 2006 (englisch), FM3-05-102 FM 3-05.102 Army Special Forces Intelligence bei fas.org (PDF; 5,1 MB), eingesehen am 11. Februar 2008 (englisch)
US Army Special Forces Command. (PDF) In: Factbook United States Special Operations Command. USSOCMOM Public Affairs, S. 12, abgerufen am 17. August 2014 (englisch): „Each Special Forces Group is regionally oriented to support one of the war fighting geographic combatant commanders (GCCs). Special Forces Soldiers routinely deploy in support of the GCCs of U.S. European Command, U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. Southern Command and the U.S. Central Command.“
firstinasia.com
siehe bei firstinasia.com (PDF-Datei), eingesehen am 18. Juni 2008
globalsecurity.org
“Special Forces units perform five doctrinal missions: Foreign Internal Defense, Unconventional Warfare, Special Reconnaissance, Direct Action and Counter-Terrorism. These missions make Special Forces unique in the U.S. military, because it is employed throughout the three stages of the operational continuum: peacetime, conflict and war.” bei globalsecurity.org (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
U.S. Army Special Forces Command (Airborne) traces its lineage to the 1st Special Service Force (Devil’s Brigade) and derives its heritage from elements of the Office of Strategic Services (Jedburghs, Operational Groups and Detachment IO 1). bei globalsecurity.org (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
Army Special Operation Command was established December 1, 1989. ARSOC is the Army component of U.S. Special Operations Command, a unified command. ARSOC trains, equips, deploys and sustains Army special-operations forces for worldwide special operations supporting regional combatant commanders and country ambassadors. bei globalsecurity.org (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
Often SF units are required to perform additional, or collateral, activities outside their primary missions. These collateral activities are coalition warfare/support, combat search and rescue, security assistance, peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, countermine and counterdrug operations. bei globalsecurity.org (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
Foreign Internal Defense operations, SF’s main peacetime mission, are designed to help friendly developing nations by working with their military and police forces to improve their technical skills, understanding of human rights issues, and to help with humanitarian and civic action projects. bei globalsecurity.org (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
Unconventional Warfare (UW) includes a broad spectrum of military and paramilitary operations conducted in enemy-held, enemy-controlled, or politically sensitive area. UW includes, but is not limited to, guerilla warfare, evasion and escape, subversion, sabotage, and other operations of a low visibility, covert, or clandestine nature. bei globalsecurity.org (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
Special Forces Operational Detachment B (SFOD B) The SF company headquarters, also known as a „B Detachment,“ is a multi-purpose C2 element with many employment options, It cannot isolate and deploy SF teams independently without significant augmentation. bei globalsecurity.org (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
The „A Detachment“ or „A Team“ is the basic SF unit. This twelve man unit is specifically designed to organize, equip, train, advise or direct, and support indigenous military or paramilitary forces in UW and FD operations. The detachment has a commander (Captain), XO (Warrant Officer), and two enlisted specialists in each of the five SF functional areas: operations, weapons, engineers, medical, and communications. Each SF company has one SFOD A trained in combat diving and one SFOD A trained in military free-fall parachuting. bei globalsecurity.org (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
there are five active component groups and two US Army National Guard groups bei globalsecurity.org (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
SOF training is some of the most rigorous in the world, and it produces some of the most professional and expert military operator bei globalsecurity.org (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
Language skills, cross-cultural training, regional orientation, and understanding of the political context of their operating arenas make them unparalleled in the U.S. military bei globalsecurity.org (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
goarmy.com
Direct Action missions are short duration strikes that are used when Special Forces want to seize, capture, recover or destroy enemy weapons and information or recover designated personnel or material. bei goarmy.com (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
This is 24 days of training like you’ve never experienced. And it’s all about survival. Your intelligence, agility and resourcefulness will all be tested. If you make it, you can continue on to the SF Qualification Course. bei goarmy.com Das ganze Prozedere siehe auf der angegebenen Webseite. (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
The SFQC consists of five phases (II-VI). If you complete this training, you will be a Special Forces Soldier, one of the Army’s experts in Unconventional Warfare. bei goarmy.com. Das ganze Prozedere siehe auf der angegebenen Webseite. (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
Hier ein Überblick (Ausschnitt) auf goarmy.com (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
google.de
books.google.de
After his visit to Fort Bragg, the president told the Pentagon that he considered the green beret to be „symbolic of one of the highest levels of courage and achievement of the United States military.“ Soon, the green beret became synonymous with Special Forces, so much so that the two terms became interchangeable. And, indeed, it was fitting that the men of the Special Forces finally had the right to wear their elite headgear because they were now on the brink of proving just how elite they were. Vietnam was beckoning. Online: [1], Archivlink (Memento vom 4. März 2016 im Internet Archive)
SF History. A Brief History of the US Army Special Forces. In: specialforcesassociation.org. Special Forces Association, archiviert vom Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar) am 19. August 2014; abgerufen am 18. August 2014 (englisch).
Michel Hammermeister: USA – Green Berets. In: GlobalDefence.net. Holger Paletschek, archiviert vom Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar) am 11. November 2014; abgerufen am 15. September 2014.
Über die Operation Urgent Fury bei time.com (eingesehen am 26. Juni 2008)
un.org
Resolution (englisch) der 41. regulären Sitzung der UNO-Generalversammlung vom 3. November 1986
usarmygermany.com
The 1st Battalion remained in Bad Toelz, Germany, until July 1991, when the battalion relocated to Panzer Kaserne in Boeblingen, near Stuttgart, Germany, where it remains today siehe bei usarmygermany.com/ (eingesehen am 27. Juli 2008)
usembassy.de
usa.usembassy.de
usa.usembassy.de Deutsche Übersetzung der Verfassung im Internet bei der Botschaft der USA in Berlin (PDF; 201 kB). Eingesehen am 11. April 2007.
“FID operations are designed to help friendly developing nations by working with host country military and paramilitary forces to improve their technical skills, understanding of human rights issues, and to help with humanitarian and civic action projects.” bei www.specialoperations.com (Memento vom 30. Juli 2013 im Internet Archive)
“Special Forces teams are infiltrated behind enemy lines to provide the theater commander with intelligence on the enemy or to gather information on the terrain, local populace, etc. of an area. Verify, through observation or other collection methods, information concerning enemy capabilities, intentions, and activities in support of strategic/operational objectives or conventional forces. Reconnaissance and surveillance actions conducted at strategic or operational levels to complement national and theater-level collection efforts. Collect meteorological, hydrographic, geographic, and demographic data; provide target acquisition, area assessment, and post-strike reconnaissance data.” bei groups.sfahq.com (Memento vom 16. Juli 2011 im Internet Archive) (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
The Army allocated 2,300 personnel slots for the unit and assigned it to Fort Bragg, North Carolina bei specialoperations.com (Memento vom 6. November 2013 im Internet Archive)
After months of intense preparation, Bank’s unit was finally activated June 19, 1952, at Fort Bragg bei specialoperations.com (Memento vom 6. November 2013 im Internet Archive)
If caught operating in civilian clothes, a soldier was no longer protected by the Geneva Convention and would more than likely be shot on sight if captured. bei specialoperations.com (Memento vom 6. November 2013 im Internet Archive)
It was a stay that began in June 1956 when the original 16 members of the 14th Special Forces Operational Detachment entered Vietnam to train a cadre of indigenous Vietnamese Special Forces teams. In that same year, on October 21, the first American soldier died in Vietnam – Captain Harry G. Cramer Jr. of the 14th SFOD bei specialoperations.com (Memento vom 6. November 2013 im Internet Archive)
SF History. A Brief History of the US Army Special Forces. In: specialforcesassociation.org. Special Forces Association, archiviert vom Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar) am 19. August 2014; abgerufen am 18. August 2014 (englisch).
After his visit to Fort Bragg, the president told the Pentagon that he considered the green beret to be „symbolic of one of the highest levels of courage and achievement of the United States military.“ Soon, the green beret became synonymous with Special Forces, so much so that the two terms became interchangeable. And, indeed, it was fitting that the men of the Special Forces finally had the right to wear their elite headgear because they were now on the brink of proving just how elite they were. Vietnam was beckoning. Online: [1], Archivlink (Memento vom 4. März 2016 im Internet Archive)
High-altitude photos of the prison were taken frequently by SR-71 „Blackbirds“ and low-altitude pictures by Buffalo Hunter reconnaissance drones.bei afa.org (Memento vom 25. März 2008 im Internet Archive) (englisch)
To prevent a further emasculation of their capabilities, Special Forces leaders adopted a program called SPARTAN – Special Proficiency at Rugged Training and Nation-building. SPARTAN was designed to demonstrate the multiplicity of talents Special Forces troops possessed, showing that they were not outmoded simply because the war was over. Under the aegis of SPARTAN, the 5th and 7th groups worked with Indian tribes in Florida, Arizona and Montana to build roads and medical facilities, and provided free medical treatment to impoverished citizens of Hoke and Anson counties in North Carolina bei specialoperations.com (Memento vom 6. November 2013 im Internet Archive)
In December 1989, Special Forces were called upon to serve alongside conventional Army units in the Operation Just Cause invasion of Panama. Designated Task Force Black, soldiers from the 7th Special Forces Group, many of whom were already stationed in Panama, supported the entire operation by conducting surveillance and implementing blocking tactics. bei specialoperations.com (Memento vom 6. November 2013 im Internet Archive)
To plan and support special operations in any operational environment in peace, conflict and war as directed by the National Command Authorities. bei specialoperations.com (Memento vom 30. Juli 2013 im Internet Archive)
A new collateral task that has emerged as a result of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm is Coalition Support. Coalition warfare/support draws upon the Special Forces soldier’s maturity, military skills, language skills, and cultural awareness. It ensures the ability of a wide variety of foreign troops to work together effectively in a wide variety of military exercises or operations such as Operation Desert Storm. bei specialoperations.com (Memento vom 30. Juli 2013 im Internet Archive) (eingesehen am 18. Juli 2008)
They are deployed where the threat of conflict is real – in Latin America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa – training U.S. allies to defend themselves, countering the threat of dangerous insurgents, serving as teachers and ambassadors while developing important international relations. bei specialoperations.com (Memento vom 6. November 2013 im Internet Archive)
Offensive measures taken to prevent, deter, and respond to terrorism. Preempt or resolve terrorist incidents. Interagency activity using highly specialized capabilities bei groups.sfahq.com (Memento vom 16. Juli 2011 im Internet Archive) (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
Induce or reinforce foreign attitudes and behavior favorable to U.S. objectives. Influence emotions, motives, and behavior of foreign governments, organizations, groups, and individuals. bei groups.sfahq.com (Memento vom 16. Juli 2011 im Internet Archive) (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
Establish, maintain, influence, or exploit relations among military forces, civil authorities, and civilian populations to facilitate military operations.
May be conducted as stand-alone operations or in support of a larger force. May include military forces assuming functions normally the responsibility of the local government. bei groups.sfahq.com (Memento vom 16. Juli 2011 im Internet Archive) (eingesehen am 17. Juni 2008)
Special Forces Command exercises command and control over five active component groups. Additionally, it exercises training oversight of two Army National Guard groups. Each Special Forces Group is regionally oriented to support one of the warfighting commanders in chief. bei www.specialoperations.com (Memento vom 30. Juli 2013 im Internet Archive)
The Special Forces Battalion (Airborne) is comprised of one Battalion Headquarters Detachment (BN HQ DET/C DET), one Support Company (SPT CO), and three Special Forces Companies (SF CO). There is one SFOD Combat Diving A Detachment (CBT DIV A DET) and one SFOD Military Free Fall A Detachment (MFF A DET) per battalion. bei www.specialoperations.com (Memento vom 30. Juli 2013 im Internet Archive)
Other Special Forces groups are the original 10th Group stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, with its 1st Battalion still stationed at Stuttgart, Germany bei
specialoperations.com (Memento vom 6. November 2013 im Internet Archive)
In addition to the individual skills of operations and intelligence, communications, medical aid, engineering, and weapons, each Special Forces soldier is taught to train, advise, and assist host nation military or paramilitary forces. Special Forces soldiers are highly skilled operators, trainers, and teachers. Area-oriented, these soldiers are specially trained in their area’s native language and culture. bei www.specialoperations.com (Memento vom 30. Juli 2013 im Internet Archive)
Michel Hammermeister: USA – Green Berets. In: GlobalDefence.net. Holger Paletschek, archiviert vom Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar) am 11. November 2014; abgerufen am 15. September 2014.
